Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 1.29%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which rose 15.71% or 0.154 points to trade at 1.134 at the close. Meanwhile, Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG) added 1.63% or 0.116 points to end at 7.237 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE) was up 1.04% or 0.425 points to 41.350 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS), which fell 3.30% or 0.228 points to trade at 6.677 at the close. Acerinox (MADRID:ACX) declined 3.22% or 0.311 points to end at 9.337 and FCC (MADRID:FCC) was down 2.74% or 0.211 points to 7.484.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 126 to 74 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) fell to all time lows; down 3.30% or 0.228 to 6.677. Shares in Acerinox (MADRID:ACX) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.22% or 0.311 to 9.337. Shares in FCC (MADRID:FCC) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.74% or 0.211 to 7.484.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.33% or 15.10 to $1123.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.94% or 0.37 to hit $38.94 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.36% or 0.15 to trade at $43.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.07% to 1.1396, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.7362.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.95% at 94.80.